The Upper Class
These people had refined tastes and manners.
Aristocrats
The colonist in the middle class were ___________________________.
Neither wealthy nor poor.
The lower class generally consisted of:
Servants and slaves
Redemptioners usually came from:
Continental Europe
The first Africans arrived in Jamestown in the year of:
1619
In New England, the upper class generally included merchants, traders, and ____________.
Clergymen
What was different about the land in America compared to Europe?
There was more land and it was available to almost anyone.
The colonies had ______ people who thought themselves extremely poor.
few
Redemptioners hoped that ___________ would pay for passage to the new world.
relatives or friends
Why did indentured servitude turn into full blown slavery among the African population?
Cheap Labor
In the Middle and Southern Colonies, the upper class included those who owned large pieces of land. A few gained their positions by holding high offices or by ____________ ___________ __________.
Marrying wealthy people
Many in the middle class gradually made their way up the ________________.
Social ladder.
Who occupied the lowest rungs on the social ladder in white society?
The servant
Indentured servants travel to the new world from:
various places
Most slaves worked how many days a week?
5 1/2
Where did most wealthy colonist get their good from?
Europe
What did the middle class lack that the upper class had?
servants and other aristocratic luxuries.
Why did many servants willinging enter into a lifetime of servitude?
To get to America or make a living.
Indentured servants were usually single men between the ages of ______ to ______.
18 to 30
Most slaves work how many hours per day during the summer?
15 to 16
What did the families of Byrd, Lee, Pinckney and Middleton have in common?
They were plantation owners.
Name four occupations that were popular in the middle class.
Farmers, clergymen, shopkeepers, ship captains, carpenters, and blacksmiths.
Who was at the very bottom of the social scale?
The slave.
What was the main difference between redemptioners and indentured servants?
redemptioners could have families while indentured servants could not without the masters consent.
Most slaves worked how many hours per day during the non summer months?
14